8th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Pontefract as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to Frensham to join the 70th Brigade of the 23rd Division and then moved to Aldershot.
Feb 1915 Moved to Hythe and then Bordon.
Aug 1915 Mobilised for war and landed in France.
18.10.1915 Transferred to the 70th Brigade of the 8th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western front including;
1916
The Battle of Albert.
17.07.1916 Transferred to the 70th Brigade of the 23rd Division;
1917
The Battle of Messines, The Battle of the Menin Road, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The First Battle of Passchendaele, The Second Battle of Passchendaele.
Nov 1917 Deployed to Italy to strengthen Italian resistance after a recent disaster at the Battle of Caporetto.
1918
The fighting on the Asiago Plateau, the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, including the passage of the Piave and the battle of Monticano.
04.11.1918 Ended the war at Rorai Piccolo west of Pordenone, Italy.
BORN WAKEFIELD 1893. SON OF FAITH & THE LATE REVEREND, JAMES AARON, OF EGTON STREET & 29 MARVEL STREET, HULL. BEFORE THE WAR JIM WORKED ON SHIP KEELS, LIKE HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JIM AARON SERVED WITH THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. 1ST […]
BORN ST JAMES, HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE WALTER BARBER AND MARY ANN BARBER, AT 27 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A STREET ORDERLY MP. WORKED FOR JS FRY'S CHOCHOLATE, BARNCH, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY WHEN WAR BEGAN. WOUNDED IN BOTH THIGHS, BY SHRAPNELL FIRE, SEPTEMBER 1914. I […]
BORN HORBURY, WAKEFIELD 15/07/1893. SON OF GEORGE EDWARD BROOKE & ELLEN GOLDTHORP BROOKE, AT CALDER GROVE, WAKEFIELD. HE JOINED THE ARMY ON 17/11/1911, AGED 18, ENLISTING IN WAKEFIELD. SERVED IN IRELAND AND SINGAPORE. RETURNED TO FRANCE FROM SINGAPORE ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR. HE WAS INVALIDED BACK TO ENGLAND IN MARCH 1915. RETURNED […]
1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
07/06/1917
Aged
19
BORN HULL 1897. ELDEST SON OF RICHARD CHADBURN & CHARLOTTE CHADBURN (1873-1957), AT 1 COBDEN PLACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A STRETCHER BEARER, WITH THE 8TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 07/06/1917 […]
Acting Sergeant
BORN EASTRINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JOHN M & ALICE MARY CHRISTIAN. ENLISTED DONCASTER. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916. AGED 30. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS A HULL CASUALTY […]
BORN HULL 1899. ONLY SON OF ROBERT & MARY ANN CLARK, OF 1, FREEHOLD STREET, HULL (1918 MILITARY VOTERS & WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A SEED MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ALICE AND WAS THE GRANDSON OF M. A. EMERY, OF 95 BELVOIR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY. PRIVATE, 27005, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. T […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF VALENTINE EDGECUMBE & LILLIAN MAUD SERGEANT, OF 8 MARVEL STREET, HULL AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED 18 MONTHS IN FRANCE & ITALY. EX, PRIVATE, 27012 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 35851,8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/1 […]
BORN HULL 10/09/1898. SON OF JOHN CHARLES GODDARD (1865-1934) & MARY JANE HOYLE (1869-1933), AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). THE SECOND OF THREE SONS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 81975, TERRITORIAL RESERVES. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 38991, 8TH BATTALION, KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN ITALY, ON 27/08/1918, […]
12 GRASSMERE AVENUE, SUBWAY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Area
Died on
18/07/1916
Aged
32
BORN HULL 1884. ENLISTED LANCASTER. LISTED KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/07/1916, AGED 32. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/05/1917. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. NB: ROBERT EDWARD HARMER - 80 EDGAR ST.
Born Burnley, Lancs 1896. Son of Frank and Bertha Hirst, of 235, Brunshaw Road., Burnley and Hull. he was working in the coal mines at the age of 15. Enlisted Nelson, Lancs. Killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 19. His body was not recovered and is commemorated at Thiepval memorial to the missing. His army e […]
BORN HULL 1898. SON OF FRANCIS ORR (1858-1937) & JANE ANN ORR (1873-1913), OF 3 MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 5 FITZROY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD HULL. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS, AND THREE SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 17. HIS NAM […]
BORN HULL 1894. PERCIVAL BOWMAN PALMER ROBINSON. ONLY SON OF GEORGE ROBINSON (1865-1927) & MARION PALMER. SON OF A COUNCIL SCHOOL MASTER. HE HAD ONE SISTER, GLADYS. HE WAS EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL WORKED FOR RECKITT'S AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IN THE BLUE STARCH DIVISION (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN […]
BORN HULL 1891. SECOND SON OF TOM GEORGE SMITH (1857-1934) & ELIZA ANN SMITH (1861-1919), OF 29 CEYLON STREET, MARFLEET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. HE WORKED AS A CHECKER OF RECYCLED EMPTIES (1911 CENSUS). SERVED ED AS SERGEANT, IN THE 8TH KOYLI. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON […]
BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. SON OF OLAF S & CHRISTINA STEPHENSON, OF COTTINGHAM AND 10 PRINCES AVENUE, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS DANISH AND A SEED MERCHANT EMPLOYER. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA, IN 1904. MARRIED. HIS WIFE KATHLEEN LIVED IN NOKOMIS, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, NAMED MAJORIE. RETURNED TO ENGLAND TO ENLIST. SERVED AS A S […]
130 , SEVERN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Area
Died on
04/10/1915
Aged
27
BORN SWINTON, NOTTS 1888. SON OF HENRY VICKERS (1850-1914) AND HARRIET RADFORD (1849-1921), OF DAME AGNES STREET, NOTTINGHAM. HIS MOTHER LIVED AT 130 SEVERN STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED NOTTINGHAM. HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER, HAVING SERVED WITH THE 1ST BATTALION KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS ABROAD, INCLUDING CHINA AND […]
27 CHAPEL STREET, HOYLAND COMMON, BARNSLEY, YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
01/07/1916
Aged
28
BORN HULL 1888. SON OF GEORGE WILSON (1850-1927) AND AGNES STEEL (1853-1927), OF 27 CHAPEL STREET, HOYLAND COMMON, BARNSLEY (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS). A BARNSLEY COAL MINER (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED NORTH SHIELDS. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, 21127, WITH THE 8TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 28. HIS A […]
